In this post, I’ll be providing four ‘Actions’ for Photoshop that create a couple of those great looking dropshadows we see across the web now-a-days. Along with the download, I’ll provide an image displaying how each shadow looks, as well as instructions for installing and using them. The ‘Actions’ pack includes three warped shadows intended for box corners, and one shadow acting as a mid lift.

If you like these actions and decide to use them, I would note that I did not alter the shadow’s opacity. This is something that I normally do while working, but it always depends on the background you are working on and what effect you are going for, so I left it at 100% to be modified as per situation.

I have created a small action based on the Page Curl Tutorial. The action simply creates a page curl in any of the four corners of an image. I have added a dropshadow style to the action, however the values I used are for very large images so at the end of the action you may need to adjust the drop shadow style.

This action was created with Photoshop CS2 but should also be compatible with Photoshop CS as well but not with previous Photoshop versions.

The Text Shadow Generator is Photoshop action that adds a shadow effect to any text layer. All you have to do to make this shadow action work is to write your text and play the action. Make sure that the text layer is your only layer.

After the action is played you have three layers: the text layer with layer styles, the shadow layer and the background layer. All the layers have the layer styles intact so you can adjust the background color, the shadow opacity and the text color as you wish. This Shadow Generator is free for personal non commercial use, it can not be redistributed.

This is an amazing Photoshop action script for creating shadow effect. This is actually a Photoshop plugin that adds a new PS filter to your filters gallery for adding shadows. Include 5 types of shadow, highlighting, live preview.

Features:Live preview; Creating in one click; Highlight; Based on smart-objects; Used layer styles; Editable blur; Editable transparent; Work with shapes and raster; For any size. You can use this plugin to add shadow to text, shapes, raster, backgrounds and so on. The shadow is fully customizable and you also have a live preview.

This Photoshop action turns your photo into a puzzle made out of 9 pieces. In the ATN file there are 2 action versions, one that makes a simple 2D puzzle with a dropshadow effect. And the other one is a 3D action that turns your photo into a 3D puzzle.

VERY Important: you have to have CS5 Photoshop version for that action to work.

Create amazing 3D effects in Photoshop with this free 3D action generator. With our cool 1 click action you will obtain realistic 3D look out of any text, shape or raster. The final object is like in the preview image a sof gray but you can easily change the color; you can add gradients, patterns, change the dropshadow effect and so on.

After the 3D action is ended you have 3 result layers that you can adjust and customize. The best thing about this 3D generator is that is free for personal non commercial use, attribution required.

Transform your image into a beautiful 3D photo cube effect using this Photoshop action. Any image can be easily transformed into a box with a sof shadow attached. Download for free this cool 3D action for Photoshop.

These two sets of free Photoshop actions play tricks with borders and shadows to give your images an impressive, pseudo-3D look. This set contains 7 free Photoshop actions that produce seven variations of the effect. The final photo is presented as being curved vertically or horizontally.

The border and the casted shadow add to the overall impression. The actions let you tweak the border color. The set contains a number of subroutine actions at the end, which you should not run.

Give your photos a Photoshop Stamp Effect in just a few seconds using this quick stamp generator. This ATN file was made with Photoshop CS4 and it was inspired by one of my previous tutorials. It comes with two versions, a simple stamp and the other version, a stamp with a discreet shadow.

The “TackIt! Mini” action creates a web-ready picture tacked up on a bulletin board. This handy little effect has plenty of customization options, including the width of the picture border, the amount of shadow for both the photo and tack, and the color of the tack. For more feature-rich options for your TackIt! effect, see the TackIt! Action Set.